Ji Shiyan gradually got better. Li Yiru went to get the last dose of medicine for him today. He was going to go with her, but he didn't expect his master to ask him to go over.
"I'll go and wait for you when I get back." Li Yiru met Yunxiao on the way back.
"Hello, sister-in-law~" He seemed to have something to say, probably about Ji Shiyan. Li Yiru smiled at him, and sure enough, the next sentence he said was to invite her to the pavilion next to talk.
"Li Yirou, are you sincere to Ayan?" A bystander can see things clearly, but he seems not to see any love from her. When it gets dark, she shows her eyes, smiling, but he always feels that there is no warmth in them.
Li Yirou quickly replied, "Yes." If she had only a little sincerity, there would definitely be a place for Ji Shiyan.
"Ayan...is very stubborn. Once he makes up his mind, it's hard for him to change." Yunxiao hoped she would be more serious. "He doesn't have many friends, besides me. He probably just met a good friend when he sneaked into Wuji Palace a while ago.
He is always sincere to his friends. If it weren't for me, he wouldn't have been trapped by the human-faced spider. And for you, he is even more..."
Li Yirou suddenly interrupted him, "What did you say, Wuji Palace?"
It was rare to see her curious about A Yan's affairs, so Yun Xiao said a few more words, roughly saying that when he was a child, his cultivation stagnated, so he secretly left the sect to travel and went to Wuji Palace to become an outer disciple.
His parents came out of seclusion and were very worried. Finally, they borrowed the blood tracking lamp of ancestor Tiancun to find him and bring him back.
"So that's how it is." Li Yiru's eyes felt a little sore, and her heart, which had been wandering in the world for a long time, finally seemed to have found a home.
It turned out to be him. No wonder she felt that their personalities were somewhat similar, but because they had been apart for a few years and had matured a bit, there were also differences. She just had never thought about it that way.
Li Yi, Ji, why didn’t you recognize me earlier?
"Sorry, uncle master, I want to go back to find him." Li Yiru no longer wanted to listen to Yunxiao's story, she wanted to hear it from Ji Shiyan himself.
Li Yirou almost wanted to run back, but as soon as she left the pavilion, she was stopped by someone, "My friend, can you chat with me for a while?"
The man in front of her was smiling, but Li Yirou felt fear in her heart. He was wearing the clothes of an elder of the Thousand Sword Sect. His face was clean and his beard was shaved off, but his hair was different from what he had seen before. It had turned gray.
But Li Yiru quickly recognized that he was the fortune teller who had chased her to tell her fortune that day.
Unexpectedly, he was the elder of Qiandao Sword Sect. Li Yirou originally thought he was a charlatan.
"Elder Qin." Yun Xiao stepped forward to greet him and whispered to Li Yirou, "This is Master Ayan." He then stopped in front of Li Yirou and said, "I'll ask Ayan to come over. You..."
The elder still smiled kindly and interrupted him: "Xiao Yunxiao, if you are worried, wait a quarter of an hour before telling Ayan, okay? I have something I want to talk to you alone, and I will never hurt her."
It was rare to see Elder Qin so serious. Yunxiao turned around and looked at Li Yirou. She nodded, as if to tell him that everything was fine.
She looked weak, but it seemed that she was not afraid of anything in the world. He finally understood what Ayan meant when he said that this was her personality.
A low-level Qi-refining cultivator remained calm even when facing a Nascent Soul cultivator, who was very likely to be criticized. Yunxiao was a little impressed by him.
After he left, Li Yirou and Elder Qin returned to the pavilion.
The pavilion was on the edge of a cliff, and the valley was shrouded in cold fog at night. Li Yiru thought that he was just trying to express his disapproval of them being together, so she looked at the clouds and mist, wondering how to persuade him.
"My young friend, I was unwilling to give up that day, so I kept fortune-telling for you. I didn't expect that when I finally saw something, I would suffer a lot of backlash from the heavens." Elder Qin's words surprised Li Yiru. It turned out that Ji Shiyan said that his master was injured because he fortune-told her.
A Nascent Soul cultivator practicing both Sword and Trigram? She had never seen one before. Wasn't what he wanted to talk about about Ji Shiyan, but about her?
She asked curiously, "What did you see?"
Elder Qin sighed, "I guess my cultivation is not yet complete. In the end, I only saw a small part and don't know the whole picture."
Seeing Li Yirou's curiosity, Elder Qin explained the reason for his visit. "I came here for Ayan."
Li Yirou's slightly raised eyebrows fell back, as if everything was as she expected.
"My friend, I can only say that you carry a heaven-defying karma, a great opportunity, and great merit. I shouldn't have interfered." Elder Qin's expression was moved when he spoke of Ji Shiyan. "But I watched Ayan grow up. I already... I can't afford to lose another disciple."
"What... does this mean?" Li Yirou didn't understand, but her heart sank. She knew that the outcome would be bad.
"My dear friend, being your friend may involve many dangers, but I can share some of your opportunities. But if we become Taoist companions, we will share the cause and effect of the heavenly way! Ayan's fate is short, and I cannot share the debt you bear."
Karma is a nice way of putting it. To be frank, it's just karma. She committed some sin, and everyone said she was going against the will of heaven, but she clearly didn't do anything!
"If you leave, I'll be grateful. If you insist on staying with him, I won't interfere. I'll give everything for you, and perhaps even his life."
Li Yirou understood, but didn't want to believe it. "You mean, if he stays with me, he will die, right?"
Elder Qin never said anything, "Young friend, whatever you choose is up to you. I will not interfere."
Li Yirou smiled bitterly after hearing this, "How can I choose? What can I choose..."
Elder Qin sighed, his chest still aching, and he clutched his hand for a moment. "Young friend, you didn't come to the Thousand Dao Sword Sect just to be an outer disciple. If there's anything I can help you with, just ask."
Li Yirou stared at him with tears in her eyes. Although she was so young, she had a kind of desolate look that seemed to have seen through the world. She quickly made a decision, "I want the complete version of the Five Elements Tai Chi Sword Technique."
Compared to her, Ayan was the one in his heart. No matter how extraordinary she was, how lucky she was, or how hard her life was, it was all her own business. He didn't want to care, let alone be able to care.
After she finished speaking, the mist in her eyes completely dissipated, and she made a promise, "I will leave." After a moment of silence, she added, "It's just... I want to finish today before leaving."
Elder Qin seemed to have no intention of influencing her choice and simply handed her a jade slip, "Tai Chi Sword Technique."
She took it, and Elder Qin looked at her and sighed again, then said he would not disturb her anymore and disappeared instantly.
Li Yiru sat alone in front of the railing of the pavilion, staring blankly at the moon in the sky. As expected, the moon was far away and out of reach.
She suddenly thought that it was a good thing that she didn't recognize him earlier. If she had made it clear to him, it would only have added to the sadness for both of them.
Even if he was just Ji Shiyan, without the friendship between Li Yi and her that had endured life and death, Li Yiru only wanted to use him and did not want to kill him.
"Yiro!" Ji Shiyan probably received the news from Yunxiao and came to find her. Li Yirou looked at him running towards her. His eyes seemed to only have room for her, full of worry. That was enough.
"Are you okay? Master came to see you. What did he say?" Ji Shiyan looked at her cautiously. "Don't worry, I can handle it. Trust me."
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